iTune files

[Chris]

Andy wrote:
> On 18/03/07, Chris <racerx at makeworld.com> wrote:
>> m4p - the music files you purchase and download from iTunes. These are
>> the files that are DRM.
> 
> I am not an expert on this format, but if the content is encrypted
> won't you need the decryption keys? I doubt this would have been
> stored with the file. Its more likely stored with the iTunes data,
> possibly in the registry. There was a program to decrypt iTunes files,
> but it had to be run from within Windows, presumably for that reason.

I too am not an expert however, I do agree with you. I would also assume
 what you're saying to be true.

>> At this point, I do have the whole 17 gig worth of my iTunes on DVD.
>> I'll have to wait for some wizard out there to either come up with a
>> version of iTunes that works under Linux, or wait for an app that will
>> rid the m4p's of the protection. *Sigh*
> 
> Well if you will insist on using a proprietary format this is the risk
> you take. That one day access to your files may be withheld from you.
> 
> Is there a reason you didn't burn them as an audio CD? Or even burnt
> as an audio CD and re-ripped to MP3?

Well, there's a story to this - Long to short, of all the PC's I have, I
kept only one Windows device. That being said, it was for iTunes only.

I did have a need to one Windows device but that need has long past. But
to answer you, no - I never bothered to create audio CD's from the
purchases. I did a fair amount, just not all.

> The world would be a better place if people just realised now DRM is
> pointless, it only affects legal users, the people who copy music
> don't have DRM on it anyway, they strip it first. Of course it is
> possible (probably) Apple knows this and the sole reason for using DRM
> is to engage in legally questionable anti-competitive practice.

Meh - I don't want to argue nor discuss legal-speak (I'm just a common
man therefore, I would lose the arguments and discussions).

All this aside, is there any decent site out there you can buy music
from? Emusic has a very limited collection (I checked into them).


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Best regards,
Chris

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